Google co-founder Sergey Brin is one of the wealthiest and most powerful people in tech. It started in 1995 when Brin and fellow computer scientist Larry Page embarked on a project to help improve the way computer users search for information on the Internet…
One of the world’s leading experts on finance, Steve Forbes has carved out a distinguished career as publishing executive, prolific author, and active member in Republican politics. As President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes, Inc. and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, Forbes runs the nation’s leading business magazine, with a circulation of more than 900,000…
As the 38th President of the U.S., Gerald Ford inherited a much-troubled nation. In 1974 Ford took office, following the resignation of President Richard Nixon, who left the White House in disgrace over the Watergate scandal. A longtime Republican congressman from Michigan, Ford is credited with helping to restore public confidence in government after the disillusionment of the Watergate era…
As a member of one of the most prominent political families in America, Chelsea Clinton has been a public figure for most of her life. Known for her work as a philanthropist and advocate of women’s rights, Clinton began her professional career in 2003 when she joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, becoming the youngest person in her class to be hired…
Over the course of a 40-plus-year career, Lawrence “Larry” Summers has seen more than his fair share of major economic downturns, including one as the director of the National Economic Council. In 2009, Summers advised President Obama through the early recovery of The Great Recession, serving to temper the response from being too aggressive…
For the past several decades, Cornel West has been one of the most controversial and prolific academics in America. As an outspoken voice in left-wing politics, West has held professorships and fellowships at some of the top universities in the country…
In his seven seasons in the NFL, Andrew Luck was one of football’s premier quarterbacks, known for his physical gifts as much as his exceptional mind for the game. Signs of greatness shone early for the football star, both on and off the field. In high school he was ranked as the nation’s most accurate quarterback while also serving as his class valedictorian…
In 1981 Sandra Day O’Connor made history by becoming the first woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. During her 25-year tenure, she earned a reputation as a pragmatic centrist voice that judged each case on its individual merits, while voting for what she believed best fit the intentions of the U.S. Constitution…
In 2001, American investment manager Jim Chanos detected several red flags in the corporate accounting practices of Enron, then one of the largest energy and commodities companies in the United States. Chanos used his keen eye for corporate catastrophe to place a large bet against Enron, short selling the company’s stock as it was on the precipice of collapse…
In 2009 Ursula Burns made history as the first African American woman to lead a Fortune 500 company when she became Chief Executive Officer of Xerox. A Xerox employee since the early 1980s, Burns was also the Chairman of the Board there from 2010 to 2017…
